Hillary Clinton claimed her spot as the presumptive Democratic nominee in a speech that she?s been wanting to give for nearly a decade.
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Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee, but she faces one more great task: Convincing Bernie Sanders supporters to join her.
Sanders said that he will take his ?fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia.?
It made for a striking contrast with the Democrats ? one that is giving Republicans more cause to worry about their chances in November.
Has Trump, mocker of the teleprompter, changed his tune?Two teleprompters flanked the podium Tuesday when Donald Trump addressed supporters.
Were you at the Lynnfield mansion party? Police want to talk to you.A Randolph man who was shot was left for dead by guests who fled the property, taunting police as they departed.
5 dead after truck plows into bicyclists in western Mich.Four other bicyclists were injured seriously in the incident near Kalamazoo, officials said.
Head of strife-torn St. George?s says he will step aside in 2017Eric Peterson?s resignation had been sought by many alumni at the Rhode Island prep school.
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The vertical dance company Bandaloop is practicing in the Seaport ahead of a performance there Thursday.
red sox 5, giants 3 (10 inn.)
Red Sox win game that had the feel of a playoff affairXander Bogaerts?s 10th-inning bloop single provided the go-ahead runs in what seemed to be more than a random interleague game.
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Redstone hearing shows big court cases are still a man?s worldNearly two dozen lawyers appeared at a hearing on a lawsuit challenging control of Sumner Redstone?s $40 billion empire. Only two were women.
?WPI has never and would never blame a victim for being raped,? said Laurie Leshin, adding that the school parted ways with its attorneys in the case.
Suspect in Cambridge dismemberment case was schizophrenicCourt documents show new details about the events leading up to the killing of 26-year-old Jonathan Camilien in Cambridge.
Weld says Libertarians appeal to Sanders fans, anti-Trump RepublicansThe former Mass. governor also said he would back a state ballot question this fall legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.
UConn, Brown tie for most reports of sexual assaults in 2014Nearly 100 colleges and universities had at least 10 reports of rape on their main campuses in 2014.
Worcester Art Museum is going to the catsThe ?Meow? exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum draws in the community through cat-related art.
Parents say records show Walsh quietly aims to shut schools ?We feel that there is a plan in place that has not been made transparent,? said a member of the advocacy group.
Major climate summit coming to Boston next yearBoston was a good choice to host because it?s ?in the eye of the climate change storm,? said Secretary of State John Kerry.
EDITORIAL
Hillary Clinton makes historyClinton?s nomination will be a historic milestone, worthy of celebration in its own right.
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the big picture
Muhammad Ali said ? I am the greatest? and proved it many times over, on the way to becoming perhaps the most widely recognized person on the planet.
Garoppolo is in the same spot he was last June, readying to take over for Tom Brady in the first four games of the season if necessary.
An expected Mass. ballot question would require Massachusetts farms and businesses to produce and sell only eggs from cage-free hens.
The Marine captain has moved from the war zone of Iraq to the mine zone that is D.C. politics.
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Dilma Rousseff, suspended last month as president, is awaiting an impeachment trial.
The program will offer grants to small life sciences companies that commit to hiring 10 to 49 Mass. workers.
Zellweger is opening up about her six-year absence from Hollywood.
It will combine cooking, science, narrative journalism, and ? of course ? recipes.
ground game
Clinton?s milestone isn?t welcome news for either campHillary Clinton?s and Bernie Sanders? campaigns have their own reasons to pooh-pooh her becoming the presumptive nominee.
Private schools, painful secretsMore than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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Results from Tuesday?s primary races
Many in the GOP are now running away from Donald Trump
Red Sox offense goes the extra mile in win over Giants
The mercury doesn't lie: We've hit a troubling climate change milestone
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